Ever think of all those TV series you've heard of but have never seen - the ones that bring on a crisis of self-esteem when people start jabbering on about them because a.) you don't know what they're talkin' about and b.) it will take you years of watching box sets to get up to speed? Me too! Well, our pulses should return to normal now as help is at hand. New technology is coming to the rescue of us gogglebox slackers. It's called 'video summarisation' software and it works by taking a given show, isolating its key moments, discarding the chaff and then repackaging things at a fraction of the original size - giving the viewer the essence of the programme in minutes rather than hours! According to reports, the technology makes its possible for someone to watch a whole season of, say, Breaking Bad, in 20 minutes or The Wire in its entirety in three hours. Exactly what the world has been waiting for - another thing to speed up time so that we can cram more in and save our blushes! I suppose any irony in that last sentence is entirely optional!
My best efforts to illustrate the point!
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